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Yeah maier before the sixday war and telling me how terrible everything was, which it was. She kept flipping the maps up and down behind her. She looked at me and said would you like a photograph . And i thought she just we were outside her office and were standing there having the photograph taken like you and i are standing with the press and she without looking at me she said i am, she said dont worry. We jews have a secret weapon. We have no place else to go. Well, the truth of the matter is, if there werent an israel we would have to invent one. The truth of the matter is that i believe that as i went home its true. You dont have to be a jew to be a zionist. And i think the security and safety of the jews worldwide is anchored in the continued vibrance of the state of israel. Thats what i think its about at its core. And so ive admired people in this country for so long and im convinced that more people know from your responses to whats happening as opposed to just what War And Peace is about. [inaudible] but i would like to talk to you privately if i can. [applause] [shouted questions] dana President Biden on ground in tel aviv. Looked like he wanted to take questions from the press. He was led away by Secretary Of State Antony Blinken. Well have everything you need to get caught up today. Im dana perino. Bill hemmer is off today. Good morning to you, gillian, thank you for being here. Gillian im Gillian Turner and this is americas newsroom. President biden is in tel aviv. The fallout over the Gaza Hospital Bombing Hanging over his trip with major implications across the region. Dana predictably hamas immediately blamed israel for the attack and caused protests across the middle east. Israel claims Islamic Jihadist and has Video Evidence. President biden is backing up israels assessment. Gillian President Biden and president netanyahu emphasizing the viciousness of the hamas attacks that ignited this round of fighting. October 7th hamas murdered 1400 israelis. Maybe more. Thats 209 11s and why october 7th is another day that will live in infamy. President biden they committed evils and atrocities that make isis look somewhat more rational based on what ive seen and appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. Dana general Keith Kellogg is here in analysis and team fox coverage. Jacque heinrich at the white house. Jonathan hunt is on the Hospital Bombing. First we have to get to Trey Yengst In Southern Israel for an update this morning. Hi, trey. Dana and gillian good morning. I want to start with breaking news. We are getting reports of clashes along the northern border between israel and lebanon. Quite the juxtaposition between President Biden speaking alongside israeli Prime Minister netanyahu getting his sense of the visit oh than the ground. Not just one to say hello and provide support bust to plan for the future. There is a regional war developing as we speak. Not just in the north but also the south. We saw it ourselves along the border today watching the israelis strike the gaza strip and images from the alahli hospital in gaza city. The debate surrounding what happened with the explosion at the hospital at the forefront of President Bidens visit. It canceled meeting today with palestinian president abbas and more questions about what occurred. I want to take you to the playbyplay of what we know. There is a lot of fog of war right now in the hospital after math and what happened in gaza. Last night there was an explosion in gaza city at a hospital where hundreds of palestinians were sheltering inside the main city, the Population Center in gaza. Following that explosion, hamas immediately came to reporters like myself and said the israelis conducted an air strike against the hospital. We then turned to the Israeli Military and asked for comment and evidence about what took place. About an hour later the israelis got back to us and started to provide comment and evidence. The israelis say Islamic Jihad Rocket Misfired. It went up in the air and israelis say it landed in the hospital yard. Islamic jihad is the second largest faction behind hamas. Today ive been speaking with palestinians on the ground including one man who sent Video Evidence from the hospital. There was no crater, a lot of shrapnel and many bodies. We continue to investigate. The israelis providing new evidence to fox news about a phone call between hamas operatives who talked about the misfire that took place around the time of this tragedy inside gaza. All of this is happening and sparking regional unrest. It gives you a sense of just the flash point that the middle east is facing right now. Following the images that came out from the hospital in gaza last night. There were protests and riots outside of the American Embassy in beirut, lebanon, also outside the israeli consulate in install bull and outside the Israeli Embassy in jordan. It gives you a sense of how delicate the situation is. There is a real understanding despite the evidence presented arab World Leaders arent able to say the israelis are correct in all of this. The leader of the Palestinian Authority, saying it was indeed the israelis. Canceling his meeting with President Biden and putting the region into a tailspin that is going into a difficult situation in the days ahead. Dana from where you are im just curious about President Bidens visit. Do you have any feeling or any thoughts about that visit . Does anybody recognize he is there from where you are . I know youre quite far away from where he is currently in tel aviv. Absolutely recognize he is here, as he was initially meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, we were with the Israeli Military in a community along the border that was targeted by hamas militants 12 days ago. What was taking place, President Biden was meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and at that moment there were air strikes taking place along the gaza strip. Black smoke rising from the horizon. Well have more of that video later for you. But it shows just how active the conflict is. The understanding on the ground here is that President Biden was not just, as i said, here to give support, shake hands on the tarmac and fly back to the United States. He had very substantial meetings in the israeli war room to get an understanding about what comes next. The understanding from israeli media and officials were talking to each and every hour is that President Biden is giving the green light for the israelis to move forward with a Ground Operation into gaza and the concern and part of the preparation right now and the belief on the ground is that iran will direct its proxies including hezbollah to increase their fire on israel and The Americans and israelis alike trying to determine what their response will be. Dana. Dana one last one for you, trey. The president was going to be going to jordan but that meeting has been canceled. Abbas said he wouldnt do it. The jordan jane king canceled it. The president went directly to israel and will head home after his meetings today. What about that cancellation and what do you think that means in terms of the protests were seeing now on the screen thats happening right now in beirut and other capitals in the world . Its not good because were so deep into this war that the fog of war can change even the perceptions of World Leaders that are broadly considered to be more moderate leaders in the region. Jordanians, egyptians, many gulf countries pointing the finger at israel despite the evidence they have provided. It creates a very challenging situation. I want to talk about one thing inside gaza. We arent just dealing with The Americans working around the clock behind the scenes to get the hostages released and trying to cut a deal they can ahead of the expected Israeli Ground invasions but hundreds of americans cities trapped inside gaza. We spoke with intelligence sources who indicate there are hundreds of u. S. Citizens inside gaza. We talk about aide workers and Palestinians Americans who havent been able to get out. Last hour i was texting with a palestinian American Woman from utah. She was there visiting her father sick in the gaza strip when all this started. The massacre 12 days ago in southern israel. She has been texting and calling me saying she is terrified. She said she has gone to the border four times at the direction of the State Department and every time they have not been able to cross on that southern rafah crossing to egypt. She said one time the crossing was bombed while there were foreign citizens there. It gives you a sense of the terror the american citizens inside gaza are facing. They werent expecting a war. They are stuck inside and pleading with the u. S. State department to get them out before this Ground Operation begins. There is really no safe place to be inside gaza. Were not just talking about the hostages. Also the innocent civilians slaughtered in southern israel and learning about the after math of that but the Hundreds Of American Citizens Inside Gaza with no way out. Dana fear is rising there. Please stay safe. Thank you. Gillian israel meanwhile has put forward new audio depicts hamas operatives discussing the gaza Hospital Bombing. If true that evidence bolsters israels claim it was from a Rocket Misfire from the jihad. Jonathan hunt has the details. 11 is disputing it was a deadly explosion at one of the major hospitals in gaza city killing possibly according to hamas hundreds of people. Whats in dispute is the source of the explosion. Palestinians were quick to blame and israeli strike. Those claims spread through the region sparking anger across much of the arab world. But israel says this had nothing to do with them and has offered video and Audio Evidence that israeli Officials Say prove this was a rocket fired by Islamic Jihad in gaza. They say the rocket mal functioned and fell directly onto the hospital. Still fully loaded with fuel, that rocket. It had not traveled far and that is what sparked the huge Explosion Israelis say that we have seen quite clearly. Israel also released what Officials Say is audio of a conversation between hamas and Islamic Jihad members discussing in arabic the alleged misfire. Listen here. [speaking native language] President Biden meeting with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today said he agrees with the israeli assessment. President biden based on what ive seen it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. But there is a lot of people out there not sure. So we have to overcome a lot of things. President Biden Hinting there at the stark fact his words and the israeli evidence quite simply will not convince many palestinians and their supporters and the impact of that explosion will likely reverberate for days, having already changed the course of President Bidens Diplomatic Mission in the middle east and possibly therefore the course of this war. Gillian. Gillian The Mission Evolving by the hour. Thank you very much. Dana President Biden standing with israel over the deadly attack on the hospital in gaza saying the hit likely came what he called the other team. Jacque heinrich is live at the white house with more. Good morning, jacque. Good morning to you, dana. Want to point out the president was just asked in that event a few moments ago based on what information he is backing up israels claim that they were not responsible for this Hospital Bombing. The president said it with as based on data that he was shown from u. S. Defense officials. So that is the first explanation that we have gotten for how he can be so sure of this. But the president backing up israels claim that they were not responsible is a significant moment not only shaping the rest of his trip but maintaining u. S. Resolve to stand behind israel as it faces tests of public support. President biden i want you to know you are not alone. You are not alone. As i emphasized earlier, we will continue to have israels back as you work to defend your people. Well continue to work with you and partners across the region to prevent more tragedy to innocent civilians. Some Progressive Democrats were quick to seize on hamass claim that israel was responsible calling for a ceasefire and even laying blame on biden. Congresswoman tlaib. This is what happens when you refuse to have a ceasefire. Omar said bombing a hospital is among the gravest of war crimes. Potus needs to ask for a ceasefire. The messages are still up on their pages. It prompted the jordanians, egyptians and palestinian authorities canceled talks with biden focused on safe passage for civilians. Those talks are scheduled to happen by phone on bidens return flight. I know you are tracking we arent going to jordan. We noted that president abbas put out a positive statement urging calm in the wake of the explosion at the hospital. The president intends to speak with both president abbas and president cc on the flight home tomorrow night. We expect the calls to happen on the way back. The other reason that biden is in israel is to send a strong message to actors in the region like iran and its proxies not to get involved. Not stoke this fight or they might face possible u. S. Response. Of course, just how effective this is only time will tell, dana. Dana Jackie Heinrich at the white house. Thank you so much. I want to bring in general Keith Kellogg. A Fox News Contributor and very good to have you here. Want to read to you this from the wall is journal. The headline is bidens trip to israel carries risks for u. S. Policy and his own legacy. The visit raises political and diplomatic stakes for President Biden who vowed an end to forever wars. The fact that we have an ideological war with people that want to kill western civilization is not something that the President Biden started. But now this is firmly on the oval office and on the resolute desk. How do you think the trip for the president is going so far . Thank you for having me. Look, lets be very clear. 30 americans have been killed so far as a result of the attack 12 days ago. We have 19 or more missing out there has hostages. Were into the game and fight right now. We have to understand that. By moving the Carrier Strike groups ford and ice the message needs to go to iran. Dont get involved or support hezbollah coming in from the north. We can touch you not with fighter jets from on the board of Carrier Strike groups but guided missile destroyers. They can range tehran and the Nuclear Facility and range anywhere out there with 100 pound war head on each of their gps guided. Back off, iran. Dont support this. Let the israelis handle hamas. They did it in 2014. Stayed about a month. They will have to go much harder methods. People need to get used to seeing casualties in soldiers and civilians. It will happen, dana, because when you go into a city fight, it is doortodoor, floor to floor, you are pistol range combat. I have been in it. It is tough fighting and you have to expect some collateral damage. You knowed to harden yourself for that. The president needs to be full up in support of israel and my disappointment in abbas cans selling the meeting with the jordan yens as well. I know why they did that. There is an economic need to it. Abdullah has a problem in jordan. 50 of the population in jordan are palestinian. The queen is palestinian. Abbas is there as well. You need to remind them were paying you, we the United States are giving you 250 million a year. Jordanians you get 1 billion from the u. S. And egypt you get 3. 5 billion and you knowed to come on board and support or you wont get any money. Economics are important in the region as well. A dual effort the messaging has to be clear and clear to iran as well. Im hoping the message is genth to them. 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